San Jose Municipal Code Part 1 General Provisions

The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety and welfare by requiring a minimum level of maintenance of private property to protect the livability, appearance and social and economic stability of the city and to protect the public from the health and safety hazards and the impairments of property values that result from the neglect and deterioration of property.

(Ords. 21973, 26443, 26710.)

Any property upon which there exists property blight as set forth in the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared and determined to be a public nuisance.

(Ords. 21973, 26443, 26710.)

A. No person, whether as owner, agent, manager, operator, lessee, tenant, sublessee, or occupant in possession of a property, shall maintain a blighted property or cause or permit property to be maintained as a blighted property.

B. No person, whether as owner, agent, manager, operator, lessee, sublessee, tenant or occupant of a property, shall take any action or allow any action to be taken at that property in violation of any provision of this chapter or any order issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(Ords. 21973, 26443, 26710.)

The presence of any one or more of the following conditions on property constitutes property blight:

A. Any condition that is detrimental to the public health, safety or general welfare or that constitutes a public nuisance as defined in California Civil Code Section 3480;

B. Any condition of deterioration or disrepair that creates a substantial adverse impact on neighboring properties.

(Ord. 26710.)